Curtain guide



. July 3,1923. 1,460,857

' F. MCLESKY ETVAL CURTAIN GUIDE Filed Oct. 31 1921 Patented July 3,1923.

yFRANK MCLESKY AND WILLIAM r. W. JOHNSON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ACUiaauarN GUIDE. i

Application filed October 31, 1921. Serial No. 511,552.`

To all whom it may concern:

Be it 'known that we, 'FRANK MoLEsKY and WILLIAM P. W. JOHNSON, vcitizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Chicago, county of Cook and State o-f Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Guides, of which the following is a speciiication.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in curtain guides and has for its object to provide means for guiding the curtain or shade to prevent the same from oversruniiingy the end of the roller during rolling and unrolling thereof.

Other objectsy will appear hereinafter.

Theinvention'consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings vforming a part of this specication, and in whic l Fig. 1 shows the guide means mounted in l position on the curtain or shade, v

Fig. 2 is a view of the actuating end of the roller and the attached guide means, as seen from the left-hand side in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the roller and guide means, as seen from the right-hand side in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4l is a fragmentary view of the roller, showing the two guide members in section mounted in position on the two ends of the roller.

, In thedrawing our improved guide means is shown mounted on the ends of an ordinary roller 7 of a curtain or shade 8. Said guide means consist of two substantially cupshaped members 10 and 11, provided with outwardly or radially extending integral lianges 12 and 13 which engage theedges of the shade or curtain, as shownin Fig. 1, and guide the same into proper position during rolling and unrolling thereof, thereby also avoiding fraying of the curtain. The

`member 10'has it-s outwardly extending flange 12 positioned on the inner part and is provided on the outer part with an 1nwardly extending circular flangeJ 14 engag-` ing the end of the lroller and forming an opening 15, through which the at supportof the appended claim. l

ing and operating'pin 16 of the roller 7 eX- tends. The members 10 and 11 maybe composed of wood or terial. In mounting member 10 the ,cusr` tomary metal cap located on this end of the metal, or anyv suitable mai roller is removed therefrom and the member 10is driven onsaid end in place of said metal cap, being preferably glued thereon, or rigidly fastened thereon in some other suitable manner. flange 13 situated on the outer side, and in mounting said member a short cylindrical portion `is out from the end 0f the roller, leaving a reduced portion 17 upon which .6o The member 11 has its y' the cup or cylindrical portion 18 of member 11 is firmly fastened, as by gluing it there` on, or it maybe fastened in any other suitable mannen The usual round pin 19 situe7 ated at this end of the roller is removed be fore` mounting member 11, and is driventhrough said ymember 11 and back into the end of the'roller, aiding the glue or fastening means to hold member 11 fast upon ref duced portion 17 of the rol er, usually made of wood.

W'ith our improved guide means the shade l is prevented fromover-running` either end v of the roller, which prevents the usual unf v .of the shade or curtainare usually frayed. i

sightly appearance and whereby the edges The guide means also yadds'to thel appearance of the curtain or shade, and is inexpensive in manufacture and While we have illustrated anddescribed the-preferred form of constructionvfor carry--y ing our invention into eiect, of variation land modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. Wfev therefore, `do notwish'to be limited' tothe easy to apply. v

this' is capableVV l I precise details of construction set forth, but

desire to avail ourselves of suchl variations and modifications as come withinv the/scope Having described our invention, what we' claim as new and desire to secure by Letters f Patent is In combinationwith al roller provided withv a ciroumferentially rel duced portion yat one end andI the `usual flat .pin and pawls at the other end, a cup-shaped shade a i i* member glued over said reduced portion, a. ,i

@i I y 1,460,857

pin driven through said Cup-shaped member and into said reduced end portion, and a cup-shapedmember fastened over the opposite end of said roller and having an enlarged opening to receive said pin and pavvls,

` said members being provided With radially extending flanges for guiding said shade.

In testimony whereof We have signed our naines to the foregoing specification in pres-1V ence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK MCLESKY. W/TLLAM P. VV. JOLNSON.'`

Witnesses: f i

' JOSHUA R. H. Porre,`

v-FREDA C. ArrLnToN. 

